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A Web Developer in Winnipeg

  • The Problem with NPM

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    Whenever you run `npm install` it generates a local, project specific /node_modules/ directory with literally 10s of thousands of files and folders. Why?! WHY?! I understand that javascript is a simple scripting language, missing many features that are baked in to more traditional languages like PHP and friends. I understand that many node modules are […] Continue Reading

  • TIL Netflix Packets Never Leave Town!

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    I got a message from my ISP’s (Shaw) Bandwidth Team today. I wasn’t able to return the call, but I suspect they were calling to scold me about my bandwidth usage. Some History Bandwidth cap policies were a knee jerk reaction from ISPs ill-prepared for the era file-sharing on Napster and later voracious bittorrent usage. An era when […] Continue Reading

  • Ev Williams and the future of online publishing

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    Great piece on Ev Williams and the open web. Yet his run near the top has been remarkably consistent. While other CEOs in his early-web cohort have left the industry, or have become writers or consultants, Williams has stuck around, leading companies. His startups have nearly all specialized in the same abstract medium: text boxes. […] Continue Reading

  • The Story of Alkaline Trio’s Goddamnit

    The Story of Alkaline Trio’s Goddamnit

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    Chicago’s Alkaline Trio is one of the most influential bands from the turn of the century “emo” era. I came across the Original Sin documentary from 2008, about their first full-length release Goddamnit. It’s a great watch! Check it out. Part 1 Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm1LhObR3F4 Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjLoPEeMyU Part 4 Is missing 🙁 Continue Reading

  • Freelancing: Paying for Dental Care in Canada

    Freelancing: Paying for Dental Care in Canada

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    I have once again found myself in a situation without medical insurance coverage. Fortunately for Canadians really only means that I am without dental ((and optical and some prescription drugs)) coverage. For whatever reason, our utopian government funded health system does not cover dentistry. So I once again started the futile process of searching for decent […] Continue Reading